Montebello Township is one of twenty-four
townships
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in
Hancock County,
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...
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USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,579 and it contained 1,575 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 89.35%) is land and (or 10.65%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
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Elvaston (partial)
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Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilto ...
Cemeteries
The township contains these two cemeteries: Greenwood and Oakwood.
Major highways
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U.S. Route 136
U.S. Route 136 is an east-west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 34 to the Interstate 74/Interstate 465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of . U ...
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Illinois Route 96
Illinois Route 96 (IL 96) is a north–south state highway in far western Illinois. It runs from IL 100 in Kampsville, not far from a ferry crossing across the Illinois River, to IL 94 north of Terre Haute.
Route description
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Landmarks
* Wildcat Spring Park
*Vanished Town of Montebello Marker https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanished_Montebello.jpg
Demographics
School districts
* Hamilton Community Consolidated School District 328
Political districts
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Illinois's 18th congressional district
The 18th congressional district of Illinois covered central and western Illinois, including all of Jacksonville and Quincy and parts of Bloomington, Peoria, and Springfield. It was last represented by Republican Darin LaHood, who took of ...
* State House District 94
* State Senate District 47
References
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles*
United States National Atlas
External links
Township Officials of Illinois
{{Hancock County, Illinois
Townships in Hancock County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois